The Food Issue

"It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much
of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the
campaign: food. Food policy is not something American presidents have had
to give much thought to, at least since the Nixon administration — the last
time high food prices presented a serious political peril."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html